All That's Wrong

I'm not sure if it's mildly amusing or incredibly frustrating, the things that we allow to stand in the way of our making progress in life. And worse, making progress in our faith.

Reasoning and rationalizing up the wazoo. Justified and amplified, over-analyzed and over-reacted. Slip-ups, trip-ups, hang-ups and mess-ups... and all they do is keep us down; sometimes to the point of not ever wanting to get back up.

We hold up the work that God desires to accomplish in our lives
We miss the prompting of the Holy Spirit
We ignore the conviction that comes from the truth established in His Word

Sadly, we listen all to well to the words spoken by President Bartlet from the show, The West Wing.

"Just stand there in your wrongness and be wrong and get used to it."

We say wrong. We do wrong. We live wrong. Let me replace that with I.
I don't know about you... I do all the aforementioned.

The things we allow to bog down our lives... the fail in comparison to that which bogs down our faith. Sometimes you can't help that it carries over. Other times you can. And all too often, even in ministry, we allow ourselves to exist in that state longer than what is healthy and necessary before allowing God to do His work.

It doesn't matter of one is in the stage of salvation or the process of sanctification, life happens to us all. And not enough faith is impacting life.

On this #missionsFriday, pray for those in missions, who themselves are struggling with the battles and frustrations of life. Pray for those who are in difficult and trying times and trials of the Refiner's fire. May God strengthen and quicken them, body, mind and soul to endure and persevere. Pray for their conversations; that eyes would be opened, minds would understand and hearts would receive, that while we are fallen in sin, we can rise up in Christ.

May God's work be completed
And His Word fulfilled.
For the cause of Jesus Christ
And the advancement of the Good News.
For the glory of God.

- PNC